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package org.jbfilter.core.fcomps.single;

import java.util.Date;

import org.jbfilter.core.TruncateUnit;
/**
 * A filter component which tests a date property.
 * @author Marcus Adrian
 * @param <E> the type of the beans to filter
 */
public interface DateFilterComponent<E>
	extends
		ComparableFilterComponent<E, Date> {

	/**
	 * Remind that a {@link Date} is very precise: up to the millisecond. So you might decide up
	 * to which precision you consider two dates as equivalent. This is done with this method.
	 * @param truncate the considered precision for the date comparison
	 */
	void setTruncate(TruncateUnit truncate);
	TruncateUnit getTruncate();
}
